Cigarette-making appliance



Aug. 2l, 1928.

g o. G. MANDERSON CIGARETTE MAKING APPLIANCE Filed 4June 5,- 1925 INVENTOE 'M6 Patented Aug. 21, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT ofFEicE.

oswALn GWILLIM ivmnnnnson, or rooTsonAY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, AssIeNon or oNnIIALE To BENJAMIN WILLIAMS, or YARR-AVILLE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. I

CIGARETTE-MAKING APPLIANCE.

Application filed June 5 rlhis invention relates to a pocket, hand operated cigarette making device of the type in which a cylindrical mould is provided into which tobacco is placed and around which a paper is wrapped, means being provided to remove the paper and tobacco simultaneously from the mould.

Cigarette making devices have hitherto been suggested in which a tubular casing is fitted with an endwise movable internal sleeve around the upper end oi which the cigarette paper is wrapped and into which the tobacco is introduced through a funnel at-A tached to the tubular casing. f

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved device which facilitates the production of shapely cigarettesV and which also'prevents tobacco projecting there from, and in addition provides atrap for some of the objectionable products of combustion and loose threads of tobacco.

lith this object in view the present invention consists in a cigarette making device of the above type in which the mould has at its head a shallow flange the edges of which lie approximately flush with the Vpalm of the hand when the mould is gripped between two lingers of the hand so as to facilitate feeding the tobacco from the palm'of the hand into the mold.

In order to enable the appliance to be ex plained the drawings herewith will now be referred to, although there may be modifications of the detailsillustrated while keeping within the scope of the ensuing claims.

In these drawings each figure (except Figures 4;, 5 and l1) is partly in longitudinal section to exhibit the interior.

Figure l shows a mould.

Figure 2 shows a mould cap.

j Figure?) shows the mould fitted with the cap. j l j t. Figure l shows a hand palm containing tobacco, and a mould head gripped between two ot the fingers, the mould being ready to be filled.

Figure 5 shows a rod usable as a mould filler, tobacco packer, and mouthpiece former.,

Figure 6 shows the hand holding the mould and the tobacco; the packer is also shown as used to fill the mould. A

Figure 7 shows the mould, filled with tobacco, and having a cigarette paper partly wrapped round it.

Figure 8 shows the mould, still filled with 1925, Serial No. 35,080, and in AustraliaFebruary 12, 1'925.

-co Vpushed into it.

Figure l0 shows the next stage, all'tobacco in the mould having been pushed into the pa per, the pressure having slid the paper off the mould, thus making a cigarette.

Figure 11 is on a largerscale and shows a mouthpiece end View ofFigure Y8.I

Figure 12 shows a protector plug, to be combined with the mould when it carries the cap and vhas the packer enclosed, the whole being then compact for carriage in a pocket. rlhis protector will keep thepacker and the appliance interior clean.k i n j Figure lshows the severalparts of? the deh vice assembled for carrying inthe pocket.

A represents a tube of thin strong material, of any suitable diameter and cross section.v This is Athe mould. B is a moderately narrow and particularly shallow flangeat the head of the mould. The shallowness is essential; the flange is not a funnel primarily, but kan abutment acting when the mould `is gripped between two fingers C, D, askin Figure 4, to prevent the mould falling clear. `In

that position theA flange is set practically flush with or lower" than the palm E, in order to allow tobacco held in the palm to be easily pushed (in the directions shown by arrows) acrossits edge into the mould bore A1. It is found `that only avery shallow flange will function thus; but one madeas shown with a smooth concave undersurface can be comfortably held iush (or lower than flush in some cases) with` the surface of the said iingersand palm. The flaring flange, by its shallowness, facilitates return of any surplus tobacco on it to the palm after 4the mould` is filled. The mould tube or part which will have the cigarette paper wrapped round it, is advantageously made somewhat shorter than the lengthF1 ofthe cigarette paper F, so that that paper when so wrapped around the mould will project at F2 beyond the mould end A2. This facilitates folding inward the paper edge F2, to form a. reinforced mouthpiece G (Figure 9). H is a detachable cap which will be fitted on the mould before the latter is charged with tobacco; the

end of the cap is indented to form A'a ipa-rt H1 which fills the mould mouthpiece end for a short distance, and prevents t-he tobacco .put .into the mould occupying lthe .area .Aswliich the part H occupies; and therefore, `when lthe cap is removed, there will be an empty space at A3. Into that space a partv of the cigarette paper will be set, its location being seen in Figures 8 and 19. The cap H, fas also the flanged mould, will be made of one or more pieces of material. The simplest cap is in one piece, and pushes onj; the simplest mould is of one piece of met-al.`

J is a mould packer of rod for-m -h-aaing a small end J1 to be employed to push and pack tobacco into the mould, and hav-ing aan opposite and larger end J2 usable informing the reinforced paper mouthpiece. 'The packer `shown is of tapering form, and thus has different diameters at its ends. Dur-ing the Vpacking the small end J1 is used, als it passes easily into the mould. This end is recessed, j a surta-ble recess being Imarked J8, -a 'packer so made keeping vas a rule behind the tobacco,

instead of forcing its way thro-ugh yor past it. The large end J 2 is lnot a tig-ht fit into the mould, but will enter easily even while it is surrounded by an inturned-part of the cigarette paper; the large end is shown cupped. The protector K is -a short member having mea-ns to attach to the head of the mould, and shown as having-a'c'losed top K1, yand va base of reduced 'diameter K2. This protector, when fitted on the mould with its base enter-ing the flanged head, will hold securely and at -the saine time will cover the packer inthe moul-cl, 4so that the whole can be carried about with yall interior `parts. safeguarded against entry of dirt. The protector base K2 'ca-n be, if desired, inserted at the mouthpiece end olf the mould :to aid in making the paper fold or trap; the protector head 'K1 can, if desired, be used as a plug instead of part-I of 'cap H; Tomake a cigarette, grip the head'of mould A between two fingers with part of vflange B overlapping and pressing the edge -of palm E, letting the mould hang down, with -a lcap at its base. l

Before vor after so placing the mould, place enough tobacco to make xa cigarette in the palm of the same hand; and, 'talking the packer 'in the other hand, yslide the tobacco intov the mould and pack the latter.v Then take an ordinary hold of the mould, 're-move the cap from'its base, roll Y'a cigarette paper round the mold and ldown the paper edge,`letting part of the paper project from the mould base. Reduce this projecting part in diameter, as by screwing it between the fingers so that it partly closes the mould end; then .push this part inward, making a circular flange of tucked or gathered paper. n Press this flange against the tobacco if desired, or

leave the flange oblique as shown. This will leave the tobacco uncovered centrally, for draft purposes, but will provide a trap for some of the objectionable products of combustion, and loose threads of tobacco. Slide the paper tube partly off the mould'as in Figure 9. Then press the large end of the packer into the mouldrhead, forcing the contained `tobacco out of the mould into the paper tube. When the tobacco reaches the trap aforesaid further pushing causes the paper to slide entirely off the mould, as well as 'to become filled, the result being the cigarette required. Cigarette papers vary of single thickness throughout; others (which I may also use) are at the mouth piece part stiffer (as by being waxed or by having a thin strip attached of cork or other material to forma collar).

l. In a cigarette ymaking appliance having a tubular 1nould,`a cap `having anqindentcd end to fit and remain in the mouthpiece end of the mould until vthe rest ofthe mould has been charged with tobacco.

2. In a cigarette making deviceof the character described, a tubular mould having a flaring portion at one end constituting a shallow funnel with a smoothly concave under some (as shown) arel surface adapted to conform to the finger junction contour of a users hand lwhen the mould `is held between the fingers, a removable cap having kan indented end to project into the mouth piecey end ofsaid mould, and a protector plug removably applicable to the other end of said mould, said plug having an end usable interchangeably with said indented end and having also Va reduced opposite end adapted to be projected into the mouthpieceA cnd of the mould to tuck in the free end of a cigarette paper rolled about the mould.

3. In a cigarette making appliance having a flanged tubular mould, a protector plug having an yend adapted piece end of the mould, and having anfopposite end of reduced transverse area adapted to tuck in a cigarette paper edge at the mouthpiece end.

to plug the mouth- In witness whereof I have hereunto set my i 

